'If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have
answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what
I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."'
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of the Spanish Civil
War. It was the last and most mature of Orwell's documentary books
and it is a sharp, focused and angry account of the fighting in
Spain. The discomforts of trench warfare, his near-death experience
of being shot, and his painful and disorientating medical treatment
all contribute to the book's gripping immediacy. At the same time,
Orwell was aware that he was producing a work of art: 'Beware of my
partisanship,' he warns his readers, 'my mistakes of fact, and the
distortion inevitably caused by my having seen only one corner of
events.' Lisa Mullen's introduction examines how the book straddles
the divide between literature and history, and provides readers and
students with a concise explanatory account of the controversies
which have grown up around the book since its publication.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Oxford World's Classics |
Release date: |
2021 |
Authors: |
George Orwell
|
Editors: |
Lisa Mullen
|
Dimensions: |
195 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-883841-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-19-883841-7 |
Barcode: |
9780198838418 |
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